I can’t stress how much I love this podcast. These guys bring the receipts every episode.

This is by far my favorite podcast. Adam and Nima pull back the curtain on the nefarious ways in which the media has made our lives worse and how they carry water for the government and other bad actors. they are a little slow to put out new episodes but everything is so well researched and put together I understand. when they do they are always bangers.

An all around excellent source of a solid look at historical trends in media distortion, this show not only does the work to expose the mechanisms and tropes in the propaganda in which we’re immersed, but brings on great guests and shares rich bibliographies. I guess the name says it right there: Citations Needed — Nima and Adam open up all of their citations. This means that even when I disagree with their analysis, it’s clear how they got there, so, even if I don’t come around, it’s a great opportunity to learn more background. Also, their perspectives are often pretty unassailable, fwiw

Awesome reviews of recent trends in media. Feel like you’re being gaslit by powerful people? You probably are. Only complaint from me is I’d love a resources page somewhere with links to referenced articles. I know that would be more work, and all the info needed to find your sources is in the ep, but links would make it easier to go back and reference later. Thanks for all you’re doing!

Ive listened for years and learned a lot of good stuff but they just interviewed a guy on here who said "And to be clear, I do not endorse October 7th for anyone who might be listening.” And still let him talk and published it. Which means they dont like it when colonized people liberate themselves which defeats the whole ostensible purpose of the work they do. I really hope they repent and do a full ep on why Oct 7 was not only awesome but also holy and revolutionary, featuring only guests from gaza. If they did that i would happily subscribe on patreon 😁

Nina and Adam dig deeply into media treatment of numerous topics, providing historical context, and very specific and relevant examples of bias defending power and attempting to paralyze critical challenges. Their guests are very experienced and well-spoken. The perspectives are well-presented and defended, and you will hear insights totally absent from corporate media. Highly recommend.

Critically important show with some of the best critiques of our absolutely rotten news media. Very grateful to have a show that really digs in to refute all of the worst talking points.

Love your work. My apologies but I have to remove one star because the hosts’ habit of pronouncing pundit as “pundint” drives me completely insane

Thank you for the excellent coverage and criticism of the truly psychopathic interview by NPR’s Steve Inskeep with a man from Gaza. I had the bad fortune of hearing this on NPR when it was aired and was screaming at my radio by the end of it. Keep up the good, honest work, CN hosts!

I somehow only discovered this podcast last year and have listened to a ton of the back catalog since. Really good stuff. I will say as someone that binged a bunch of their stuff from the first season through now, one thing I appreciate has been their consistency over the years. If you think they have “changed”, it’s probably your politics that have changed.

Consistently of the best media criticism produced

or just dumb? listen to these guys without having to smell them

The best news criticism podcast out there

There’s no podcast I’ve recommended more than Citations Needed. There’s no podcast update that appears that I prioritize more than Citations Needed. At a time when truth is hard to discern through the noise of well-funded, corporate state reifying propaganda, Citations Needed is a critical and essential resource for anyone hoping to feel sane. I’m profoundly grateful for their work.

one of the few sources of media that make me feel sane

Excellent study of the framing of news. Really important and eye opening.

Hands down the best news and media podcast. Incredible guests and refreshing moral clarity. Never miss an episode.

I love every episode. One of my very favorite politics. Great media analysis.

Pulls no punches Analysis and facts

nima & adam crush regularly. been listening for 7 years & have no ragrets. i wish more people would listen to this show & no they are not paying me to say this but maybe they should.

After discovering this podcast I quickly listened through their entire catalogue of full-length episodes (nothing but bangers). The hosts and their many incredible guests have fundamentally altered the way I understand American media (on which I was raised through no fault of my own) and gifted me a cohesive, intelligent, and moral vision of the world. I cannot recommend this podcast enough and believe everyone would be better for a listen.

Incisive discussions and analyses that offer clarity and morality check amidst all the cynicism, glibness and apathy, especially in these dark times. Really appreciate the work.

I hope every journalist takes these criticisms seriously. This podcast as made me a more discerning media consumer

Keepin’ it fresh!

Always listen to Citations Needed as soon as a new episode comes out. You are very close to guilting me into to donating. Please keep up your excellent work.

Love the show, love the content, love the format, love the guests, love the humor, love the analysis, love the criticism—a ten out of ten if there ever was and probably the only podcast anywhere that doesn't get interrupted by Amazon.

I'm love this podcast so much. I discovered it about a day and a half ago and have been binge listening to the episodes one after the other. Great topics in the context of media criticism. It's kind of my new favorite right now. I would love so much if the hosts chose to do a critique of the media's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the current policy of pretending that it doesn't exist. Just saying. Anyway- love the podcast!

I found the terms "thought-terminating statements" and "nuance trolling" incredibly helpful for calling out unproductive arguments. This is not a pod to change anyone's mind, it's frankly too snarky for that; it's a pod to equip the left to advocate better.

I’ve been listening to Citations Needed since the first pandemic lockdown, during which I’d walk my dogs late at night to avoid crowded sidewalks and listen to Nima and Adam (+guests) help make sense of all the icky bad in the world. I listened to the entire backlog of episodes in spring 2020 during those late night strolls. I’ve been a listener (and when finances could afford, a Patron on Patreon — would highly recommend for access to some incredible content) for four years now and am so thankful that Citations Needed continues to be explicit about the state of the world, refusing to mince words when it comes to condemning genocide and state violence. If you feel like you’re going crazy because everything is bad but no one is talking about how everything feels bad, you need this podcast.

When there’s no class analysis.

Most of the bad reviews seem to fail to realize the hosts often are, at the onset of the episode, open and honest about their political persuasion. Well made and hard hitting podcast with amazing guests and timely topics.

This podcast does not mince words or waste time. They are on track and to-the-point. Very illuminating.

Their analysis and guests are top notch. It’s particularly helpful in peeling back layers of media that are thrown at us more frequently and across more mediums than ever before. The “data driven” and (continued) war on drug episodes are what drew me in. Stayed for the NYT slander. Keep it up guys!

If you pride yourself on being well-informed and unbiased, you should already be listening to this podcast. So, what’s the problem here?

I was listening to their podcast on effective altruism and I thought their critique was goof but their discussion of figures like Bentham and Peter Singer were frankly very shallow and showed they hadn’t actually engaged with them as thinkers.

Propagandistic echo chamber, not “journalism.” Opinions are one-sided, shallow, and based on that politically correct far left theoretical framework which has been way too fashionable in the 21st century. What these two dudes describe is not how the real world works. Not insightful. Skip.

Invaluable

Opinion masquerading as news. Thumbs down

One of the best media critique podcasts out there. Very well researched and featuring great, knowledgeable guests. I come away from each episode feeling a touch smarter for listening.

You will either really like this podcast or hate it. If you listen to, read, or watch a lot of traditional media, you might be pretty shocked by what you hear. Buckle up.

Had high hopes for this podcast but everything that’s discussed isn’t nuanced at all and frankly these guys don’t seem especially smart and don’t have the credentials to be experts on… anything. So many points are treated as being very straightforward but they’re simplistic because they’re the hosts’ opinion. They view everything as having no complications because there’s only one way to see it… that’s rarely the case in reality.

Thought provoking. Helpful in an age where media and journalism is more constant than ever. I appreciate the critical lense to understand reporting from big publications in the context of current events. It helps keep me informed

Consistently quality research and analysis. I really appreciate the first half is an explainer or breakdown of the topic and the second is an interview with a subject matter expert. They provide clear reasons and arguments which I find incredibly helpful. Glad they are listener funded.

Citations Needed has really been slapping lately. Keep it up.

Terrorist apologists might be the wrong phrase but its close enough. Their discussion of what is going on in the middle east is disgusting. This should not be on Apple.

It would seem that if it draws attention to oneself, regardless of the way the moral compass points, you are more than willing to wallow in it.

The most one-sided podcast you could possibly find.

This is an incredible show. Love the analysis and way it helps me understand things.

It’s not hyperbole to say that this podcast has refined my way of thinking, sharpened my critical thinking skills, and ruined so many things I thought I loved because I wasn’t thinking about them too hard. Can a podcast make you a more deliberate, compassionate person? I think so. Love the serious episodes about heady topics but the occasional sprinkle of Hallmark holiday movie industrial complex is so good. This is the #1 podcast I recommend to others.

Easily the podcast I recommend to people more than any other. Nima and Adam analyze our culture and narratives in more sharply and critically than I can fund anywhere else. Anytime the issues of the day are brought in conversation, I know that there’s a meticulously cited episode breaking how the common narratives of the day manipulate our understanding of our world, how things work, how it might be harming us through a structural critique and offering different perspectives to challenge our idea of what’s possible. A fantastic and under appreciated pod.